Friday, January 30, 2009

Today has been a long day, but yet, it seems to have passed so fast! Today at lunch, Kate was eating - and eating well - when she knocked the chair back and it fell backwards with her on it. She was sitting at the bar at our high chairs...I know, she shouldn't have been sitting there. I was sitting right next to her with Luke when she asked for more "mac n chee" so I got up to get her some more and I turn to see it all happening....in slow motion. She immediately started crying, screaming, etc. and the first thing she asked for was her passy. Which I thought was a good sign. I finally got her calmed down, checked her out and saw she had a bruise on her upper thigh. She fell asleep and slept about an hour, then when she woke up, she wanted to keep her passy. Side note...she is not allowed to have her passy unless she is sleeping in her bed. I said, no, let's go get something to drink. She would not get up. When I changed her diaper, she said her leg hurt. She would not put any pressure on it.

I finally made the decision to take her to the doctor. She could not stand on her leg. She tried not to cry at the doctor office because I told her she would not get a sucker if she cried. The doctor said - you can have a sucker even if you cry! So she did....cry. I told the doctor I thought this was a ploy to keep her passy. X-rays revealed she had a small fracture in her fibula. WHAT???? I thought she was acting, seriously, what kind of mother am I?

The orthopedic doctor on call said she could wait until Monday to have a cast put on it, just stay off of it for the weekend. Have you met Kate? Do you know we have a Superbowl party this weekend? How do you keep a 2 yr old from moving around?

She did lay around on the couch all night and she kept saying..."Kate has a boo boo." " I fall back." "I can't walk." It's so sad. Poor little girl.

Therefore, I'm tired and I have no energy to go and upload pictures on the other computer.

Please pray for Kate...I hope the little cast is not as bad as the one I had.

PS - after Kate was having her xrays made, the man gave her some stickers of the Disney princesses' and then saidMan: "are you a Disney princess?"Me: "No she's a diva"Kate: No, I Kate!Me: Yes, you are Kate

9 comments:

oh, bless her heart! poor thing, trying to be brave and not cry at the doctor's office. will pray for a speedy recovery. hope you're doing okay. we've all had those slo mo moments and those are hard to shake, but don't be too hard on yourself.

Oh no you are following in my footsteps...FYI there bones heal faster when they are younger. Abby broke her Femur...Watch out in a few years for her to fall and crack open her head and have to get stitches. I will let you have the mom of the day award ..but only for the day..Give Kate a big hug.

OH MY GOODNESS!!!Poor thing! You are not bad at all...things just happen, and at least it was her leg and not a head injury or something more serious. Good luck monday! Take some pics for us and give that little gal a (gentle) squeeze.